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43 Spring 2020 Guilherme da Silva Braga Translato
r into Portuguese, lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil Pelle Forshed (b. 1974) Meanwhile, 2018, 191 p. Publisher: Kartago Rights: Kartago, www.kartago.se With believable and sympathetic characters Forshed tells a complex but subtle story of loneliness, meaninglessness and human relationships. Made even more appealing by the simple lines and rich colourings of the drawings. Moa Romanova (b. 1992) Always Fuck Up, 2018, 283 p. Publisher: Kartago Rights: Kartago, www.kartago.se The graphic style is unmistakable, unique, and wonderfully true to the spirit of this curious story of how a young artist (the author herself) enters into a hard to fathom ‘benefactor’-based relationship with a 53 year-old male TV celebrity.